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Our schedule has been very busy lately with work, traveling, church, soccer and school back in session. Sometimes it’s difficult to keep up a healthy lifestyle when you’re juggling so many things. We want to skip our work outs, go to bed late, eat whatever is convenient and make our kids watch a bit more TV so we can finish just one more project.
Here are SEVEN tips for daily wellness:
1) Earlier this year, with inspiration from my sister-in-law, I started running about three times a week. This is my only work out right now, but it has changed my life and my dress size! I get up early before the kids wake up so I can fit it in before Ben has to leave from work. I listed this first because it’s the best jump-start to my…
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